“After the last medal was handed out Sunday, just before the Spice Girls took to the stage in the Closing Ceremony, the Games of the XXX Olympiad ended with the United States winning more gold medals and more overall medals than any other country.

The “girls” of the U.S. accounted for 27 of the team’s 46 gold medals and 58 of its 104 total medals. Where would the U.S. be without them?”